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While my onboard Radeon HD 3000-3300 series hdmi on my Asus M3A78-EM computer sends great video to the TV, I haven't yet got sound on the TV. As a lot of people move to Bodhi Linux, I am trying to find easy graphical solutions that work for them. A solution is needed.

Could it be the TV is not understanding what Bodhi Linux is sending for sound or that the hdmi version on Bodhi is not up to the one on the TV? I searched for Dolby in Synaptic and added the Dolby related aften software. Also I have tried various tweaks to Start - Applications - Preferences - Pulse Audio Preferences and other sound software but no success yet in getting sound on the TV.

I have tried everything I can think of with no success and I have found no posts showing success. Hopefully all the work Ubuntu is doing will soon get us sound on the TV.

This is Bodhi Linux 2.2.0 and no doubt the default open source driver since I have not seen any info how to install AMD's proprietary driver. If do have fglrx, AMD Catalyst Control Center, jockey-gtk, xserver-xorg-video-radeon installed and have tried everything I can think of. It looks like the Samsung TV is not getting what it needs for hdmi sound. I have tried this on Kubuntu 12.10, Kubuntu 13.04 beta 2, Mint 14, Mepis 11 and Puppy 5.4.1 with no success too.

I finally found a solution. Apparently gnome-control-center needs to be installed. If you go to Start - Settings - All - Preferences - Sound - Sound - Output and click on hdmi, sound goes to the TV, if you click on your onboard sound, sound goes to your computer speakers. I have hdmi sound to the TV now.